Lockheed Constellation Survivors

N6931C c/n 4813

L1049H N6931C September 1967 L1049H N6931C 1980
Seen at Oakland, CA in September 1967 while in service with Airlift International (John P. Stewart) Being scrapped at Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe in 1980 after an emergency landing in 1975 (Gerard Mougenot)
  • Final registration - N6931C
  • Delivered to California Eastern April 1957 as L1049H N6931C
  • Leased to Hughes Tool Company/TWA December 18, 1957 to January 18, 1961
  • Returned to California Eastern (renamed Dynaelectron Corporation) and leased to World Airways January 19, 1961
  • Leased to Slick Airways September 1963 to late 1965
  • Slick ceased operations and aircraft leased to Airlift International July 1, 1966 to December 1967
  • Returned to Dynaelectron and stored at Cheyenne, WY until at least May 1968
  • To Charlotte Aircraft Corporation July 12, 1968
  • To Jack Richards Aircraft Company March 14, 1969
  • Leased to Skyways Inc and in service May 1969 at Heathrow Airport
  • To Dynaelectron Corporation July 20, 1971
  • Stored Vero Beach, FL for sale 1971-1972
  • To Ronald K. Saulan March 29, 1972 and stored at Miami, FL by May 1972
  • Stored at Ft Lauderdale by October 1973
  • Leased to Sky Truck International April 20, 1974 and put into service
  • Leased to Laura Sales and Leasing Inc December 1, 1974, who reportedly took over Sky Truck International in 1975
  • Made a successful emergency landing at Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe September 3, 1975 with only the #4 engine running
  • Repairs began but later abandoned and aircraft scrapped at Pointe-a-Pitre 1980
  • Nose section reportedly under restoration in late 1985 at the Musee de l’Air at LeBourget, France
  • Museum representative stated that nose section was not at museum in 2003
  • Recent report suggests that the pilot and flight engineer panels have been reassembled by a private collector in France


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